Hello everyone. I've just joined this team. Reading the Launchpad profile, it seems to me that this team is mostly about advertising FOSS games. If that's the case, then this post might seem slightly off-topic, but I still think it's an important topic.
Diablo 3 is one of the real biggies out there. And from experience, we know that Blizzard has always been easy to deal with. Now, it's being reported that Linux users are being banned by Blizzard. I would like to caution against accepting this as fact. Because as a community, Linux users and Ubuntu users in particular, are highly connected. We have #WineHQ on FreeNode and lots of other channels on IRC and elsewhere. This means that if one of us gets banned for reasons unknown, we talk about it. Then another user experiences the same and then there is a pattern. But what we don't see, is whether the problem also affects users of Windows and OS X or if it affects all users of Wine on Ubuntu. Because satisfied users doesn't make themselves visible, and Windows and OS X users are far less connected than we are. For them, it'd be a direct issue with Blizzard and maybe they'll post it on Facebook for their friends to see, but it won't hit the media. And Blizzard has no interest in showing off their difficulties. In other words; it might seem as if this is related to Wine or Linux even if it isn't. But if we propogate this rumour prematurely, we might scare people away from using Ubuntu. Because Diablo 3 really is a big one. On the flip side, if we can prove that this was an issue on Blizzards end and that Ubuntu is perfectly able to run Diablo 3, then we have something really attractive that works to brag about. And, of course, we want as many Ubuntu users as possible to purchase and play Diablo 3 because that proves that there is a market for games on Ubuntu. We really do want Diablo 3 to hit the USC. That would be a big deal. Might take some time, but if people are using it with Wine without issues over time, then Blizzard might see the light. Oh, and I really do love FOSS games as well. I am a total Wesnoth addict. But I would like to promote blockbuster proprietary games as well. It proves that Ubuntu is a viable platform for serious games – free or non-free. Jo-Erlend Schinstad _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
